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No 16'9,517 Patented Nov. 2, 1875.

UNITED STATES GEORGE A. BROOKS, OF NORWICH, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTHES-DRIERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 169,517, dated November2, 1875; application filed October 26, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE A. BROOKS, of thecity of Norwich, in the county of New London and State of Connecticut,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Clothes-Briers; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full clear, and exact descriptionof the same, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itpertains to 7 make and use the same, reference being bad to theaccompanying drawings, and to the let ters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

The nature of the invention consists in so arranging the variousstop-hinges upon a clothes-drier of the kind shown in Patent No.160,980, March 16, 1875, as that it can be changed from the form usuallyused out-of doors to the form used iii-doors without lifting any part ofit from the ground, and in using stop-hinges which will not allow thedrier to spread open beyond a certain point.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1, Sheet 1, is a front elevation as itappears when opened out in shape to be used out-of-doors. Fig. 2, Sheet2, is an end view ofthe same. Fig. 5, Sheet 3, is an elevation of thedrier when opened after the manner of an ordinary clothes-drier forin-door use. Fig. 4, ;Sheet 1, is a view of the stop-hinge detached.Fig. 3, Sheet 2, is top view of hinge with the stop perforated forsecuring the wire therein.

The rack is made up of two rectangular frames, A B, made up of twoparallel side pieces, connected by cross-bars. Each frame has a seriesof Wire cords, O 0, extending from side to side, and terminating in aseries of hooks, D D, upon the outside of the uprights. The two framesare connected toget-her at the top by stop-hinges E E, and at the bottomthe frames are provided with the same kind of stop-hinges, placed alittle distance above the rods upon the side faces of the upright.

My stop-hinge, as seen in Fig. 2 of Sheet 2 of drawings, has a slot, at,a stop, 1), against which the leaf 0 impinges, and prevents the hingefrom opening beyond a certain point. A turn-button, 01, upon theopposite post, passes through the slot a, and is then turned, so as tokey the two parts together.

The two hooks 7c 70 are for securing the frame more securely, in case ofheavy winds, to a stub driven into the ground with a staple attached tosame.

I am well aware that in the Patent No. 160,980 the same changes of formof drier can be made; but in order to make the change one post must belifted from the ground, which is exceedingly inconvenient andobjectionable. Again, in patent alluded to, if the hooks connecting thetwo parts when opened for outdoor use happen to unfasten the affairtopples over, and throws the clothes in the dirt. When in use in-doors,my drier,.by means of the peculiarly-arranged stoph-inges cannot beaccidentally opened wide enough to throw it over. These improvements ofmine are believed to remove the objectionable features, and greatlyimprove the drier alluded to.

I do not claim, broadly, the two frames with connecting devices, wherebythe frames may be opened from one side or from the bottom, as this isold; and I am aware that stophinges are old; but

What I do claim as my invention is l. The arrangement, with the frame AB, of the slotted stop-hinges E E upon the top, and

the side stop-hinges F F, all with their re-,

spective turn-buttons or keys,'as and for the purpose set forth.

2. As a means of connecting the parts of a clothes-drier, the stop-hingewith its slot at, stop I), and turn-button or key 01, all as and.

for the purposes set forth.

GEO. A. BROOKS.

Witnesses:

ALLEN TENNY, Looms BROWN.

PATENT OFFICE.

